⚠️ Admin-only feature. This settings card is only visible to admin users.
Controls two things for each connected sensor:
Reading period — how often the sensor takes a measurement
Uplink period — how often a Gen3 (Sprout) device transmits those measurements to the server (ignored for Gen4)
Settings cascade through a priority hierarchy. The highest-priority config that passes validation wins. Changes saved in the UI are immediately propagated to all device records, then pushed to devices on their next uplink.
Note that not all settings are viable and some settings may have unintended consequences if they aren’t viable! e.g. if you set a read frequency of 1 minute but the devices only uplink 5 data points every 10 minutes, we will just lose a bunch of data.
Configuring it in the dashboard
Settings → "Change sensing frequency" (admin-only card)
Pick a scope from the dropdown: User-wide or a specific AOI
Set the default reading/uplink periods (in minutes)
Optionally override specific sensor types under the default row
Add Special Rules for fine-grained targeting (see below)
Click Save — a confirmation dialog warns that incorrect settings impact battery life, then the change is saved and
POST /api/reloadSensorPeriodsis called automatically